| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Peter Geoghegan <peter(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Deprecating RULES |
| Date: | 2012-10-15 23:59:03 |
| Message-ID: | 20121015235903.GG7494@momjian.us |
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 03:51:58PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 10/15/2012 03:23 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >I have trouble seeing how we could implement Postgres as efficiently
> >without C macros, but maybe that is the point --- efficiency is not
> >critical in SQL --- Java and C++ give other options that are "good
> >enough" and less error-prone.
> >
> >
>
> Er, C++ uses the preprocessor. In fact, C++ was originally created
> as a set of preprocessor macros, IIRC.
I assumed from the emails that macros were discouraged in C++; I don't
know myself personally. I certainly would miss macro abilities in C.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
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